Values and their relationship to environmental concern and conservation behavior

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 457-475

  Schultz, P Wesley ^a   Gouveia, Valdiney V ^b   Cameron, Linda D ^c   Tankha, Geetika ^d   Schmuck, Peter ^e,g   Franěk, Marek ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^e TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental attitudes; Environmental concern; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144462843     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022105275962     Document Type: Article

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